4 Delicious Porridge Recipes

Porridge-My Story

Being born in a Teochew family ( one of the Chinese community),porridge has been part of our meal since childhood days. Kids love porridge since it is similar to rice mix with soup, easy to chew.

I think it started from my grandmother who had always cooked porridge for my dad when he was young. Back then in WW1, they had nothing to eat but porridge and sweet potatoes.

Since then, porridge had became part of our daily food for decades.

There are many versions of porridge or congee ( which we fondly known as "chook" ) that exist among the Chinese communities.

Since there are many different clans ; Teochew, Hokkien, Cantonese, Hakka, Kek, Hainan; each family has their own tradition to add different ingredients in porridge to induce flavorful, fragrant and appetizing recipe.

Some people love to cook plain porridge and have side dishes to compliment the main course meal.

Popular side dishes are:

roast peanuts

shredded eggs

fried anchovies

fried shallots

fried ginger

salted cabbages

salted eggs

salted mackerel fish

I prefer Knorr brand porridge

What is Porridge?

Porridge is a dish made by boiling rice, oats or other grains mix with water, milk, cream or coconut milk. It is best served hot in a bowl accompanied by side dishes depending on different countries and cultures.

It is a perfect dish for everyone especially babies, kids lack of appetite, elderly folks and sick patients.

Porridge usually includes rice, various vegetables and meat. Some people add in salt, sugar, milk soy sauce or sesame oil to enhance the taste.

It is usually in the form of soupy, sticky, creamy and hot.

Nowadays, you can purchase ready-made porridge in packet or sealed in a cup or bowl in majority hypermarket, grocery stores and even 24 hours outlet.

There are variety of flavor to choose from such as vegetarian, chicken, maize, mushroom, curries, oats, rye, pork, fish and many more.

Corn & Carrot Porridge

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Corn kernel and carrots are fiber food, great for kids to promote smooth bowel movements

If you are looking for a rice cooker that cooks fragrant rice and boils porridge, you should buy this rice and slow cooker to kill 2 birds with 1 stone. You can boil porridge with minced meat in the morning , set it as a slow cooker mode. By evening, you will have a nicely done porridge for the kids or your whole family.

It is programmable, you can set the time and different modes available. It is easy to use, easy to wash and saves electricity.

Ground peanuts

ground nuts, my favorite a MUST side dish | Source

Different culture of porridge

Many countries all over the world consume porridge as part of their culture and tradition. In England, rolled oat porridge is a common sight, Turkey, Italy, India and Romania consume maize or corn porridge, Greece, China, Asian countries, Thailand, Vietnam consume rice porridge.

Chinese prefers to have salted eggs, century eggs, anchovies, deep fried groundnuts, salted cabbage to improve the bland taste of the porridge.

As for Indonesian and Malaysian, they prefers salted fish, various vegetables and chilli sauce.

Japanese mix with salt and green onions, while the Koreans mix with various seafood, nuts and mushrooms.

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These look delicious and hopefully it won't be long and we'll have the perfect weather for them too!

AUTHOR

peachy

3 years agofrom Home Sweet Home

@juliannehenry thanks, enjoy

Julie Henry

3 years agofrom UB

Thanks for sharing x another porridge lover x

AUTHOR

peachy

6 years agofrom Home Sweet Home

@vacation

thanks for reading. I love porridge on rainy days

Susan

6 years agofrom India

I love eating Porridge and all your porridge recipes are awesome. Thanks for sharing. Voted up.

AUTHOR

peachy

7 years agofrom Home Sweet Home

Thanks for your support. Porridge is good for those who are sick in bed and children and those who are lost of appetite.

Victoria Lynn

7 years agofrom Arkansas, USA

Interesting! I've never tried porridge. I've never even known anybody who has made it. I've only been exposed to it in the children's story, "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." I might have to try this sometime! Voted up, useful, and interesting!

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